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...portfolio right now, and there are concerns about how to make sure that, especially at this time, the energy agenda moves us forward. All of these things can't happen easily through a regulatory dialogue no matter how open we make the process because those issues fall outside the Clean Air Act. (See who's who in Obama's White House...
...other people will see it but EPA acts independently of Congress. The important thing to remember about the endangerment are that there are two signposts that compel the EPA to act. The first is the Supreme Court decision [Massachusetts vs. EPA]. The dispute over whether the Clean Air Act should be used to regulate greenhouse gases was settled by the highest court in the land. The court ruled over two years ago that EPA should determine whether or not greenhouse gases meet the test for criteria pollutants, whether they endanger public health and welfare. For two years...
That's the good news. It means that we can make enormous advances in national energy efficiency - and controlling carbon emissions - simply by improving the grid, before we even begin to clean up our energy sources. The key is to add 21st century speed and intelligence (i.e., the Internet) to the 20th century infrastructure of the power grid - voilà, a "smart grid." The result would be a system that allows power utilities to remotely detect and respond to outages; that lets consumers program their appliances to use electricity when it's most abundant, allowing power companies to reduce waste...
...Solem said that although a hotel’s operation entails a fairly high use of resources—since clean rooms must be maintained every day—her establishments make efforts to be Earth-friendly by composting leftover food; offering disposable, compostable, and biodegradable plates and cups; and using paper products made from 100 percent recycled content...
...show him support exists in our state for strong solutions, the better he will be able to negotiate a strong treaty for us.” Audience members said that this weekend’s town hall meeting opened a forum to demonstrate broad-based community support for clean energy and to put interested community members and groups in touch with organizations campaigning locally for clean energy. “It showed a growing interest in the 8th congressional district [of Massachusetts] for RePower America,” said spectator Todd A. Mooring, referring to Gore’s plan...